Bedlam


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Bedlam, a word for an environment of insanity, is a term that may refer to:

Places

  • Bedlam, North Yorkshire, a village in England
  • Bedlam, Shropshire, a small hamlet in England
  • Bedlam Theatre, a student-run theatre in Edinburgh
  • Bethlem Royal Hospital, a London psychiatric institution and the purported origin for the word for chaos or madness

Arts and media

Film and television

  • Bedlam (1946 film), a thriller film starring Boris Karloff
  • Bedlam (2019 film), a documentary film about mental health in the United States
  • Bedlam (2011 TV series), a British supernatural drama
  • Bedlam (2013 TV series), a documentary
  • "Bedlam" (Pretty Little Liars), a 2016 episode of the TV series Pretty Little Liars

Literature

  • Bedlam: London and Its Mad, a 2008 book on the history of mental illness in London
  • "Tom o' Bedlam", an anonymous poem written circa 1600
  • Bedlam (Kennen novel), a 2009 young adult book
  • Bedlam, a 1992 science fiction novel by John Brosnan
  • Bedlam (Brookmyre novel), 2013
  • Bedlam, a novel in the Skulduggery Pleasant series by Derek Landy
  • Tom o' Bedlam, the alias assumed by Edgar in the Shakespeare play King Lear
  • Bedlam, a psychiatric hospital in the book Rebel Angels by Libba Bray
  • The Bedlam, a mentally impaired character in the play The Roses of Eyam
  • Bedlam (comics), a Marvel character

Music

  • "Bedlam", a song by The Bel-Airs
  • Bedlam, British 1970s rock band featuring Cozy Powell
  • "Bedlam in Belgium", a song by AC/DC from their 1983 album Flick of the Switch
  • Bedlam, an early 1990s rock band fronted by Jay Joyce
  • Bedlam, an American rap group formed in 1999 by Prozak
  • The Bedlam in Goliath, a 2008 album by The Mars Volta
  • Bedlam, a 2016 album by Michale Graves
  • Back to Bedlam, an album by James Blunt
  • Bedlam (EP), by metal band Twilightning
  • "Bedlam Ballroom", a 2000 album by the band Squirrel Nut Zippers
  • "Time For Bedlam", a song by Deep Purple from the 2017 album InFinite
  • "Bedlam Walls", a song by Hexen from the 2008 album "State of Insurgency"

Video games

  • Bedlam (1982 video game), a game for the TRS-80
  • Bedlam, a 1988 video game from Beam Software
  • Bedlam (1996 video game), a 1996 video game from Mirage Technologies
  • Bedlam (2015 video game), a game based on the novel
  • Skyshine's Bedlam, a 2015 turn-based tactical roguelike game

Other media

  • UFC 85: Bedlam, a mixed martial arts pay-per-view event

Other

  • Bedlam, a nickname for Institute F.C.'s YMCA Grounds (or Riverside Stadium) in Northern Ireland
  • The Bedlam Series, a sports rivalry between the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University
  • Bedlam cube, a puzzle invented by Bruce Bedlam
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